Volunteering

I love the idea of providing students with a variety of opportunities that would satisfy each student's needs. Whether its research, volunteering and community service, it all is provided here. The curriculum also allows for a great amount of flexibility enabling students to pursue these other interest that would make them very competitive for residencies. I have a great interest in practicing in underserved communities upon graduation, therefore every opportunity I get to volunteer in clinics and shadow physician in underserved regions is something I look forward to here at Western University of Health Sciences. Likewise, the diverse student body is great as each student come from various backgrounds and have unique experiences all of which

As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.

The Olympic Games are recognized globally by billions of people. This event is the biggest sporting event not only because it comes once every four years, but also because the world’s best athletes come together to compete for world fame and glory. Hosting the games seems like an honor for most people, however there is numerous risks involved

I am interning at Heartfelt, a mental health agency that works with adults, children and their families that deal with any type of behavior and mental health problem since 2006 with a mission to provide culturally competent, and professionally sound mental health, foster care, youth development and family support services to empower our community one child and one family at a time. The services that Heartfelt offers to clients are intensive in-home therapy, outpatient therapy, community support team (CST), peer support, medication management, and residential level III group home. Many of the clients at Heartfelt are offered Outpatient therapy service compared to other services. My role at Heartfelt is as an intern who is supervised by a MSW field supervisor completing tasks. Few of tasks that I perform at Heartfelt is shadowing professionals performing assessments and intakes with clients, working on various administrative projects such as finding resources for clients and reviewing and updating clients’ charts.

For most, lending a hand to someone only really counts for family members and friends. A person never really thinks about all the outside people in the world that need a little help. When the holiday season comes around people may not have the money to feed their families or buy Christmas gifts for their kids. Many agencies broadcast on television how to help these families, not just in your state but around the world. Like most, I for one have never volunteered, but I have donated. For a person that is looking to start volunteering, a little research should be done on different places. I for one like The Salvation Army as an organization. I always see them around the holiday season outside with the bells and red pails. Before volunteering

Tina Pelletier is a Communications Officer at the Prince Albert Grand Council, which represents 12 First Nations in northern Saskatchewan. She is responsible for health promotions and communications in the area of Health and Social Development and has been actively involved in providing communications support to various Emergency Operations Centres created to deal with wildfires, oil spills and other health-related states of emergencies.

There are three main types of Episodic Volunteering: temporary, interim and occasional. Temporary volunteers are those who serve for only a short time such as if University of Manitoba want to host an event for a day, the University will look for a student who is willing to volunteer for an hour or two. Those students are called temporary volunteers. Interim volunteers are volunteers that work regularly for one organization but no more than six months. For an instance, interim baby caregiver, those who work as an interim caregiver will only take care of the baby for several months until they handover the baby to the parents. It is usually no longer than six months.

It all started on my drive down to volunteer at the Hope Center on twentieth street. While entering North Omaha you see many people on the streets without homes and begging for money. This is when I first took a second look and realized that I am given so much compared to most people in our society. The Hope Center is a place for kids to go after school, get help with homework, do arts and crafts, play in the gym and are given a meal. Many of the children here do not get any meals when they go home. Families in North Omaha are not able to make as much money either due to their education or where they live.

Over Spring Break, I spent my week in Dallas, Texas with my youth group. I volunteered at an organization called The Cliffhouse, which resulted in a home being built in the "food desert" or Dallas. A young man, Kenny, was called by God to help the youth of Dallas. He is building a house (by himself!) in the most dangerous neighborhood of Dallas. If a child in being abused, possibly entering a gang, needs emotional assistance, etc, Kenny houses them in his home. I had the pleasure of helping him build this house. I also volunteered at Crossroads Community Services- this is a food packing warehouse that send meals to families in need. Many of my volunteer opprotunities are funded through my church, including my time at Newman Park Christian Center,

The Olympic Games are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nation’s participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring

J.J. Watt, an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans, once said, “My mom taught me from a young age to give back and volunteer any chance you get.” (Brainyquote). Despite gaining all the fame and money from the NFL (National Football League), the defensive end believes in the power and the potential of volunteering by altruistically helping out Hurricane Harvey victims with necessary supplies such as water, food, and other basic needs (USA Today). There certainly has to be a sort of flare that ignites the heart of a volunteer in order to selflessly aid others, as exemplified by Watt. Yet, that aspect of community service is presently vague among many high schools. Currently, many high schools require students to volunteer for a

In this day and age volunteering is very popular thing, not just with the “hippy do gooders”, but with every civil person. A word first recorded in the 1630’s( at least in a non military sense) that takes on many definitions that essentially all mean the same thing, an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial gain. Not that there is no personal gain in this experience, there is actually a tremendous amount, it just isn’t money.

Through the years I have had the pleasure of both volunteering and working for a variety of different places and organizations. Since the age of fifteen I have held four jobs and have volunteered for a tremendous amount of groups, all which have taught me different valuable life lesson and all of which have shaped me into the person that I am today. Most notable and enjoyable of all of my jobs and volunteering I would have to say was my time as a high school lacrosse coach.

The Olympic Games is considered as the biggest sporting event across the globe that attracts a huge number of participants and viewed by billions of people across the globe. The games not only generate a great deal of enthusiasm worldwide but it also creates a platform for people from various cultures and nationalities to interact. The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 with high expectations that they may assist in uniting countries of the world in understanding and peace. These expectations have formed the basis of the notion that the Olympic Games are still the best platform or opportunity for the entire world to be united as one. However, the realization of these expectations has been hindered by the international politics that have relatively never been distanced from the surface. There are various Olympic Games that have been held in different cities across the globe that have generated much politics rather than excitement associated with the games themselves. Despite of the seeming inability to keep the international politics from the surface of these games, they still provide the best opportunity for the unity of the entire world.

The Olympic games have become a worldwide event that is watched by millions of people who are either physically sitting in the stands, or sitting at home on their couches. These games bring people from countries all around the world together where they can forget about their problems for a couple of days every two years. Over time, the games have been being banned, have overcome gender discrimination, and had conflicts with many major historical events.